The Sun. — London, England, 1826-12-27 00:00:00

literally trornblet at the Apostolicals, *boire . ravirig in every direction, and uttering blasphemies against Charles X. as well as against the weakness of our own Monarch. The weakness of our Ministers and the terror of the King is such, that to-night a Committee from the Supreme Apos tolic Junta is to enter the Palace, to have a conference with our rulers, on the means to be adopted in the present state of things. If the Ministers cannot calm and reduce the tone of these rebels,foi- they can be called by no other name, it is thought that the Government will adopt the measure proposed by Mr. 7.alazar, the Minister of the Navy, and President of the Cabinet, which is, that the In fante Don Carlos shall appear, before the Junta with a pri vate letter from the King, pointing out to it the evils into which the nation is about to be plunged, if the French troops abandon Spain. So great is . the conflict of pas sions and opinions here—so active the Foreign Ministers —so many and various threats—so subtle the intrigues— and so much is at stake, that we are literally treading on a volcano, at every instant ready to burst forth. The reward this nation is about to receive for all its suffer ings and sacrifices, is a civil war, infinitely more horrid than ever before desolated our land. This is the benefit we are to reap for all we did in the common cause of Europe, to 'humble the pride and diminish the power of 'Napoleon. What all are anxious to know, is, what the British Go vernment will do when this civil war breaks out--a scourge which we certainly owe to the coming of French bayonets among us. In this we-are all interested. Will the British Cabinet remain neutral as it did when the French crossed . the Py renees ? " In order, however, that you may judge of what is pasting here, I inforni you that the departure of the 5,000 raen,•belonging to the Royal Guard, and who are to leave the capital and form part of the Corps of Observation (like a second Cordon Sanitaire) on the frontiers of Portugal, has been a measure proposed by the Apostolic Junta. In this measure they have a double object; first, to favour the views of the Portuguese Royalists, by inspiring them with the same confidence as the French Cordon Sanitaire did with regard to our Royalists, previous to the coining of the Duke d'Afigouleme; and secondly,to get rid, in the capital, of the presence of a dangerous body of troops, in case the King should be headstrong, too much biassed by a certain Foreign Minister, or in short, to make things more com fortable, in ease it should be necessary to place Charles V. 011 the throne. At all events, we are on the eve Of import ant events." • 'lt is stated in the French Papers, on the authority of letters from Vienna, that peace has been concluded between Russia and Persia, through the medium of Great Britain. It has been observed, that people are commonly blind to the well being of others, in proportion as self-interest engrosses their consideration. On this principle, the welfare of their neighbours is only desirable, so far as it conduces to the prosperity of their well-wishers, which beautifully illustrates the truth of the adage, "that charity begins at home." Acting on this view of the question, improvement in any one branch of society, must not be permitted, unless all other branches share alike. The same narrow policy must extend to the mental as well as bodily exertion of mankind, for the votaries of dulness would not stiffer the 'existence, or .at least the exercise of genius in more gifted minds—and. thus the world would' be wedded .. to ignorance, as the . greater part being dull, it would of course command the smaller, and thus perpetuate its dark dominion over the uncultivated regions of the earth. But luckily for the world, anti the high destiny of man, genius is to dulnes s what virtue is to vice, and must always ^predo kainate, blessing. the world with the bright career of improvement. But sell-interest .blinds men to' the evidence of their own senses, or perverts their judg- Meld so much as to render them incapable of distin guishing between right and wrong, between individual . gain and public benefit. People too much engrossed with their own views, fancy that the world was made for them, and would legislate accordingly if they had the power. 'As an instance of this • short-sighted policy, we point out an attempt made the.'other day by the pressmen of London to abolish machinery in the printing of books. and newspapers, , that . they might enjoy them onopoly themselves. Really this illiberality comes. with.a bad, grace from men .who ought to know.better. ' . They seek' to perpetuate a monopoly in their own hands, at the expense of those wbo employ them, , and whoSe interest it is to get the Work performed as Obeiply :as,posSible. Printing by Machinery is not only :_much cheaper, but infinitely (picke r an d b e tt er , w ith o ut subjecting the employers to tile petty caprices and frivolons pretensions of men who never fail to rate their own importance in proportion to the necessities of the moment. But it would be idle to argu e with men whose reason so mainly depends upon their interest. They have had their day of undisputed Monopoly, and must now yield to the liberal spirit of the age, and the. improvement consequent upon the application of machinery. Mr. PEEL has'atinoUnced his intention of bringing Under the notice of Parliament our present system of Metropolitan Police, withv the view of introducing ,1 aatne-amendments, and of rendering it a more effectual lioiietiOn' to the persona and . " property' of those who illtabit L o nd on an d 'its immediate vicinity. That 1, something of the kind is necessary few will doubt, for ,spite • of every effort, - bands of organized thieves in kat the streets, and perpetrate their robberies in the open face of day, under eircuinstinces of violence and itLitteit numbers as to give hut too good cause for Serious alarm. Whether theie bands exist through th e feebleness or the .negligenc e of the poli c e-officers i t is, hardly worth while to inquire, for the effect in either case remains the same,. and in either case it is alike disgraceful to the law and to the Persons more immediately entrusted with the suppression of such ir regularities. The public, however, has little reason to be satisfied with the Bench of Magistrates a t any mile of the public offices. In each of these the law 11 executed in a manner not the best calculated:to raise our respect either for the learning or. even the worldly wisdom of the Magistrates, and it not unfrequently hap pens, that through an overweening opinion of their own importan ce , t h ey are betrayed i nto acts of great harshness, and sometimes even of the grossest oppres sion. As to their knowledge of the law, it is ex tremely limited, and when they do volunteer advice to the complainants before them, it seldom, very seldom happens that they are right ; an observation, which, strange to stay, applies :with equal force to those Who were once members of the legal , profession as to those who' were not: -The acts of the officers:of t:elice, are not so much b e f ore t h e publ i c as those of th eir superiors ; it is therefore difficult to exhibit a gainst them any specific acts of negligence or weak- But one or the other of these must exist, or "ow otherwise do we account for the houses for recep ton of , whose locality stole n goo d s , is notorious; th e lar ge gangs of well known thieves who are permitted to Prom undisturbed through the crowded streets of the metropolis, and of a multitude of other offenders, with all of whom the Police officers are intimately acquainted? These are some of the evils that cry aloud for remedy, and we hope that Mr. PEEL will be able to discover how to stimulate the faculties of the Police Magistrates, to quicken the eyesight and excite the exertions of their officers. If this is done, the citizens of London may repose in tolerable security ; but as things now are, "at midnight not a nose from Tower-hill to Piccadilly, snores," unless at the hazard of its owners throat or property. Whilst, however, we recommend to the earnest at tention of the Home Secretary these evils of the pre sent system of Police, we hope (but in truth there is no necessity to doubt it) that he will remember that Englishmen would rather lose their property and lives than their liberty, and that they hold their constitu tional }privileges in too high estimation to compromise them for the sake of punishing some dozen or more of confirmed rascals who picked their pockets or robbed their houses. We trust we shall hear nothing of the passport or of the Paris system, with which, how ever, some people are wonderfully in love. Addi tional security would be bought at too high It price if obtained by the sacrifice of the right of free and unre strained locomotion. 'lt was once strongly recom mended to the Government to compel hotel, tavern, and lodging-house keepers, to make daily returns of the number, description, and names of the persons resorting to their houses—another imitation of the French system. At that time it was rejected, and we trust, that if again suggested, it will be again.re fused. Such a provision is, if possible, more ob noxious than the former, and far more vexatious, ha rassing, and degrading to the people amongst whom it is in force. When the details of this measure shall appear before the country, we will offer a few, more remarks upon it. We copy the following paragraphs from the Morn ing Chronicle The Sir Edward Ilankes steam• boat, most anxiously looked for from Lisbon, has not yet arrived ; but she may be expected in the course of to-morrow or Thursday, having taken out the mail from England a fortnight since. The intelligence through this channel will, in all probability, reach to about the middle of last week. Government will, no doubt, obtain important despatches from our Ambassador at Lisbon. It is understood in the City, that Government has sent out orders to Portugal, for the return of a considerable number of the marines which went out on board the different British ships of war now stationed in the Tagus ; but that they are not to sail until the arrival there of the British troops. Strong hopes are indulged by a great number of Officers belong ing to different Regiments at present on half-pay, that they will soon be called into active service ; and many of them, who for some time past have resided at a distance from the Metropolis, arc re pairing in great numbers either to London or its immediate vicinity. Such is the anxiety of Government to hasten the sailing of transports for Portugal, that several steam-boats were actively engaged during the whole of Sunday in towing them down the River. The number of expresses running between London and Paris has been so much increased since the opposition given to the Con stitutional system in Portugal, that the great speculators do not pOssess so many advantages over their opponents ss formerly.— On the invasion of Spain by the French army under the Duke d!Angouleme, the French Government discountenanced the send ing off expresses to London from Paris, as tending to agitate the public mind ; but, according to the private letters received from the latter, no impediment to the intercourse' between the two nations by means of these extra channels is now, given. The panic in the Hans Towns, produced by the bold policy of England with respect to the Peninsula, had much subsided. As in London, very high prices had been demanded for a variety of articles of trade in the first instance, and until it was ascertained 'that France was not dissatisfied. The Foreign Securities, which had been so much depreseed; had very- nearly recovered; Northern securities were selling at least b per cent. on the lowest quota tions. Money was more abundant, and the current rate of inte rest did not exceed 4 per cent. _ A letter from Leith mentions, that the Caledonia of that port sailed from Riga more than ten weeks since, and not having been heard of was supposed to be lost. A report has just reached us of her Laving foundered, but that the crew have arrived at ifamburgh.. His MAJEsves Ministers are still without any di rect comnlunication from Portugal. It is with •great concern we learn, that the state of health of his Royal Highness the Duke df YoRK has become less favourable within the last few days. THE FUNDS. CITY, (Tsui linv), Twelve o' The Consul Market opened this morning heavy, being 79i. ; and immediately afterwards went down to 79,4 ; they have since rallied again, and have advanced to 79i 80 ; in the early part of the morning there Wes a good sprinkling of business transacted,' and an earnest desire evinced by the Brokers to make sales which has, however, subsided; India Bonds, 65 8 ; and Exchequer Bills, 17 18 pm. The Foreign Funds continue without life, and no important business in them; Mexican Bonds, 64 ; Colom hien, 6St ; Danish Bonds are a shade Tower, being 67k; Spanish, 12i IS ; and Portuguese, 69 70. The intelligence re ceived, through the medium of the Paris Papers, from Portugal, exhibit symptoms of want of method in their movements as well as weakness of the rebels ; if the information communicated to the government at Lisbon from General Mello be true there can be no longer a doubt of Spanish, troops being in company with the rebeli.' In the City it is hourly expected that we shall have accounts from thence by a steamer, and the utmost anxiety is felt to ascertain the actual state of affairs. Shares are almost dead, they have no sales, nor scarcely any enquiries about them. Three per Cent. Consols for account, 79j 90 ; India Bonds, S5:8: pm ;. Exchaqswe Bills, -17 , 18 pm. • Folmar; Fume.---Brazilian, 60; Buenos Ayres, 60; Chilian, $6 8 ; Colombian, 1824, sq 41; Mexican, 6 per Cent., 63 4 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 64 I.; Danish, 57i 9 ; Peruvian, 30 2; Portuguese, 69 70 ; Greek, l 7 qt ; Russian, SS 4-11 Spanish, 14 13. Mufits.—Anglo Mexican, SO 27i die. ; United Mexican, 8 7 die. ; Tlalpuxahua, 45 55 pm. ; Brazilian, 4 6 pm. ; Bolivar, 2f.prn. ; Colombian,. 14 16 pm. ; General Mining Association, I 2i per Share. Two o' Clock. Within the last hour Consols have risen to 80f the price,'and had the appearance of a strong market ; they have, however, again gone back, and are quoted now at 804, sellers, and within this minute buyers. Reports are in circulation of favourable news by express from Paris, and the market remains in rather an agitated state. Ferdinand is said to be on his knees, and will concede to any thing w e d eman d . Thi s is one version of the story. continue much The For eign Funds have had n o material alteration, and prices as Orley were in the early part in the morning ; the same observation applies to all kind of apeeulatione in Shares. T IMRE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account, 8 0 1 i• FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Do. for Ac. 801 , Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres D. Milian Do. Columbian, 1824, Danish Bonds 571 Greek Do. 1825 17-i Mexican Do. 1825, 641 Peruvian Do. -- Russian Do. Spanish Do. 13 DREADFUL ACCIDENT. --O R Sunday afternoon, a Gentleman named Perry, a hop,merchant, residing in Tapley street, in th e B oroug h, a mem b er of the Society of Fr i en d s , was `thrown f rom hi s h orse i n t h e S trand, and dislocated his neck. N o hopes are entertained of 'his recovery. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYD'S.—(Trns DAY.) MAL, DEC. 26.—Wind N.E.—During the first part of this day there was a light variable wind, and thick weather and rain. The two transports, letters D. and W., came down from the River yestercley afternoon, and sailed this morning. The transport R. passed to Westward this morning. His Majesty's ship Bittern, and the homeward-bound, remain. Poenut:writ, Dec. 26.—Wind E.—Arrived from London, the Seppiugs, Loader, for the hie of Frauce ; and the Evelina transport, for Lisbon. FALMOUTH, Dec. 26.—Wind E.N.E.---Sailed, the Sandwich packet, for Lisbon ; and Hope packet, for Buenos Ayres. GRAVESEND, Dec. 26.—Arrived, the Ricardo, Heullem, from St. Petersburgh ; Isabella, Wildgoose, from Demerara ; Regalia, Irwin, from Quebec; Gambia, Grove, from Sierra Leone; Erin, Mallard, from Rio Janeiro; Kent, Lockhart, from Mirarnichi ; Florenza, Marsden, from New York ; Ottawa, Douglas, from Quebec ; Syrene, from Seville ; and Delmarnock, for New York. Sailed, the Charles, Smith, for Barcelona ; and Montrose, Hardy, for Demerara. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL,—(Dus DAT.) James Wagon charged two boys, apparently about 14 or 15 years of age, with having attacked him, yesterday, on Saffron-hill; and robbed him of his bat and handkerchief.—Remanded till to morrow. There were several charges of trifling aksaulta, most of which were arranged between the parties. The Alderman intimated that he should sit punctually at eleven o'clock to-morrow, because he should have to go away early to attend the Court of Aldermen. • BOW-STREET.—(Tan DAY.) A great number of disorderlies"were disposed of this morning. All the assaults on the watchmen had been arranged, before exa mination, but Mr. Minshull adopted a very salutary course in examining the watchmen, strictly as to their having received money,--dcclaring at the same time, that no watchman should be allowed to receive money before the hearings. MARLBOROUGH-STREET—(Tits Dar.) A person named Penny charged a woman of the town with stealing his watcli, and subsequently pawning it.—Case dismissed. WORCESTERSHIRE CORONERSHIP. A remarkable contest has taken place for the Coronership of Worcester, between two attornies, which closed on Saturday last, by the return of Mr. Smith, by a majority of 189. The num bers on the gross poll were— • Smith .5876 Stokes 5686 The poll lasted i ten days ; and what is more remarkable is, that though the whore of the money last year divided among the four Coroners of the county, including travelling expences, only amounted to 260 and some odd pounds, the expellee of the pre sent contest, for a quarter of these emoluments (by no means net, as may be imagined) is calculated at between 4 and 5,0001. on each side ! Another remarkable circumstance is, that the losing candidate was supported by ►►early all the aristocracy of the County. One of the objects of the contest is conjectured to be to aseer tain'the state of the political strength of parties in Worcestershire. At the last contest, in 1806, between Lygon and Lyttleton, the freeholders polled amounted only to 2,647, and though many small freeholders who ran vats for Coroners are not qualified to do so for Members of Parliament, yet, making all allowances, we imagine there must be a great invresse. The poll-books, how ever, will be, no doubt, accurately dissected. JURYMEN-HARRIS v. WHELDON. TO THE EDITOR. fits—:-Please:to correct the following iu your List of the Jury in the above ease :—Chas. Aboyne, merchant, . should be Chas. Arbouin, wine -merchant, 19, Murk-lune ; Will am John, tales man, should be William I'on', 18, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside. The above Gentlemen were seen in the box by the writer of this. A SUBSCRIBER to your Paper for nearly City, Dee. t 6, 1926.. Thirty years. • Read William rya. [FROM ANOTH/lit .ceseeerumnawrf]- .11/11ERS--fIATIRIS v. WHELDON. Jac Ceowoove., , orchiuit, liniolvvourt, Broad-otrevt. Bartholomew Jeffery, ditto, WS, Throgniortou-street. ( 'out is, banker, 15, Lombard .atreet, (ion of Sir William.) BEHIND THE CURTAIN. (From the Opera Glass.) We understand the new Opera announced at Drury-lane is by Mr. Soane, and the music composed by Mr. Bishop. The management and ilia composer are said to be mutually pledged to each other—the one to bring the opera out before the 10th of January, the other to have the music in time, which we should suppose would depend more on the performers than the composer. The cast is to be as strong as poseible. The following names have been mentioned to us as the principals :—Btahatti, Hotn, Bedford, Dowton, Harley, Cooper, Hooper; Mitts Stephens, Miss Oraddon, Mrs. W. Geesin, Mrs. Davison. When the play of Deql and Dumb was lately revived, we mis-stated, from information upon which we were as aured we might depend, some of the circumstances of its introduction to the . London stage. We have since seen the gentleman through whom it was presented, and from him learned the facts, which are as follow : • " Holcroft first offered his play to Mr. Harris, by whom it was rejected. Mr. Kemble was then ut Drury-lane. Holeroft having quarrelled with Kemble, desired the work might be submitted to him as that of Mr. M., to whom our former article alluded. Mr. M. saw Mr. Kemble under the assumed name of Mr. Herbert Hill. He was most kindly received, and Mr. Kemble took the entire. manage ment of the pretended Mr. Hill's play upon himself, never once appearing to suspect the truth. He even wrote one scene tor the introduction of servants, and made some other changes, which it is probable he would not have done, had he known it to be the work of Holcroft. The scene Mr. Kemble introduced was the only one at all disapproved by the audience, and was either suppressed or much shortened afterwards. Mr. Kemble, of his own accord, obtained a purchaser of the copyright, and got 200 guineas for it. He afterwards said, he had known throUghout that the work was Holcroft's. In either case h►s conduct was highly creditable. If he really - thought he, was serving an unknown author, with no other friend, it was disinterested; if he knew he was serving Holeroft, who would not trust him with the secret--►t was magnanimous." CORN-EXCHANCIFI—(Tnta Dav.) There was no market held here on Monday. The suptlies of the preceding week were very large, and there is a fair quantity of most'Grain frodi up to this day's market. There is so thin an attendance of buyers here, that it may he called a holiday market, and there is, therefore, the greateet difficulty in effecting sales, and most articles may reported rather lower in value.- Foreign ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. o at ,. I Flour. LAW qra . 5,200 qra. 1,1501) qri. I 40350dtka. 6O im) ' 01,';o() CHARACTER OF Thy BURHESE.---At home the. Burmese, probably owing to his military habits, is decidedly lazy, and averse to work—to hie sbame, allowing, or rather compelling, his wifit to toil hard for the support of his family, while he passes his time in idleness, smoking or chewing betel, the favourite pastime of natives of all ranks. His wants, however, are few and simple; rice, and a little pickled fish, constitut e t h e c hi e f articles of food, while wa ter is his only drink. Naturally good - humoured and contented, he seems happy and resigned, bearing all th e op.. i n r ce e t i at in which cl:sev may y use he is subjected kind with and affectionate to his be apathy and ;Maier echildren, seldom evincing anger or ill .treatment to any member of his family. It must, however, be allowed that the Burmese are little guided or restrained in their conduct and actions by any moral principle : selling their daughters, even to strangers, is a common practice among them ; nor does the transaction reflect either disgraCe or shame on the parties concerned. G ov e r nment, upon political grounds, strictly prohibits any woman from being allowed to leave the country ; and the unhappy female* who are sacrificed to this disgraceful custom generally return to their fami lies in no way slighted or degraded, but more frequently as objects of envy, from the little stock of wealth they bring back with them—Narrative of the Burmese War. PASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON, DEC. 24.—There is no arrival nor important change at the Pavilion; but a strong hope is again cherished, though it ii impossible to say-from what direct and im mediate source, that his Majesty purposes honouring the town with his presence sometime about Now Year's Day. Mrs. Rothschild, and six or seven of her children, arrived at the Royal York Hotel on Friday evening, where , they were joined by Mr. Rothschild and Mr. and Mrs. R. Cohen last, night. They purpose remaining with us during the 'holidays. They entertained a select dinner party to-day. . Mrs. Courts took leave of us on Friday, with the intention of returning in about a week or ten days. „, The KING has addressed a letter to the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, directing. his Grace to communicate to the Bishop!, in his diocese, that it is the wish of hi s N AJILSTY that charity sermons be preached in all the parish churches, for the aid of the manufacturing districts, which are represented to his 31.1:. JESTY as still suffering the most severe distresses. The Duke of York enjoyed a good night's repose on Monday night. The Duchess of Gloucester came to town yester- . day morning from her. reeidenee in Bagehot Park. Her Royal Lliglutess vieit44l the Duke of - York and remained with her Royal' troche for some time. The Royal Duchess left Gloucester House, Park-lane, in the afternoon, on her return to Bagshot. Mr. Secretary Peel and the: Speaker of the House of Commons visited the Duke of York on Monday. Mr. Secretary Peel arrived in town, on Saturday from the seat of his father, Sir R. Peel, at Drayton Park, Stafford shire. The health of Sir Robert is considerably better. Mr. Secretary Canning entertained the Marquis .and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Lord Howard . dirWalden, Mr. Planta, and a select party, at dinner, on Christmas Day, at his residence in Downing-street. Prince Polignac, the French Ambassador, transact ed business on Monday, at the office of the .Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Wynn transacted business yesterday with Mr. Secretary Canning. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, we are sorry to hear, is confined to his room by a severe cold. 'Tint KING or PRUSSIA.—The third Bulletin of the health of the king of. Prussia, dated the IMb, announces that his Majesty had passed a good night, and that the fever had ceased towards the morning. His Majesty passed the day almost without pain ; in the evening the fever was less than the day be fore, and the leg was doing es well as could be wished. ST. ANDREVS.--The Duke of Buckingham has sent a handsome present of books to the University Library. One of the ancestors of this Nobleman, then Duke of Chandos, was Chancellor of the University, and founded and endowed the Me dical Professorship. DAVID WILKIE, R.A.--We are much grattfied in being enabled to state, on the authority of a gentleman recently arrived from Italy, that this distinguished artist anti excellent man, in whose welfare the country is so deeply interested, has recovered so much from his late illness as to give a well-grounded hope of his being soon able to resume entirely hie professional occupation. —Edinburgh Evening Courant. _ It is rumoured ilia a:serious misunderstanding has arisen between Lord Westmorland and Mr. Canning. We know not what truth there is in the rumour, and *eau only say that it was current in very respectable quarters. . . . We have great pleasure in announcing, that the 16th of January is fixed upon for a meeting of the Commissioners under the Bankruptcy of Messrs. Criekitt, Ruffen, and Co. to de clare a second dividend. Neither the exact sum, nor the day for payment, is yet filially , fixed ; but we have reason, however, to believe, the dividend will be 4s. in the pou n d.--. Essex Herald. We are informed that the green tops of whirs, or " " furze, boiled, makes an excellent substitute, as food for horses, in place of hay, and is beginning to be used as such, to remedy the scarcity of that article this season. This was lately disco vered by accident---a servant having put a quantity into a boiler, instead of under it, as directed.— York Paper. THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL.--A SPECIMEN OP latatt EcoguttNcx.—Portugal, old decrepit], debauched, viti ated, exhausted, worn•out, unavailing, and palsied Portugal, is to be free ; and Ireland, young, beautiful, devoted, glowing, ardent, impassioned, enthusiastic , patriotic .--- Ireland is to be - a slave.— Extract from Mr. Shea's Speech. For the information of our readers, we are requested to state that the SUN PAPER, is regularly received at the under- mentioned Establishment. We are also regueeted by a great number of gentlemen visiting the house, to state, that the charges are extremely moderate. A gentleman may breakfast comfortably for ninepence, and dine for, from fifteen to eighteen-pence. Not withstanding these low charges, there is not in London, a hotel or tavern more respectably frequented, nor in which greater atten tion is bestowed upon the comfort and accommodation of the guests. All the monthly periodicals are regularly laid upon the tables. Parties returning from the theatre will always find warm, comfortable, and cheap suppers, served up at the Somerset Coffee-house and Public Ileading-rooms, 333, Strand. EARTHQUAKL—On the 16th of this, month a remarkable shock of an earthquake was felt at Augsburgh : the motion was undulatory from east to west, and continued several minutes. ALAMING F/RE.—A fire broke out about ten o'clock this morning in the stables of Mr. Pickford, Castle Inn, Wood-street, Cheapside ; luckily it was soim got under. In a private memorandum, found among other obituary papers anti relics of 'Mr. Jefferson, is a suggestiou, in case a memorial over. him should ever he thought of, that a gra nite ohelisk, of small dimensions, should be erected, with the following inscription " Here lies buried 'Minas Jefferson, Author 'of the Declara tion of Independence,. of the Statutes of Virginia, for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." • . NEW WHEELED undersumil Mr. Law, of Kirkcudbright, the ingenious mechanist of our Dom- fries clocks, has contrived a vehicle upon an extraordinary and entirely new principle, and that he made the first trial of it a few days ago, in presence of the Magistrates and a number of the most respectable inhabitants of Kirkcudbright, when it met with the decided and marked approbation of every person present. ' The body of the carriage was similar to a gig, with a third wheel in front, and though propelled neither by horses, steam, air, nor water, it went, even in its imperfect and unfinished state, at the rate of upwards of six miles an hotir. Mr. Law having now full confidence is this principle of motion, intends, we understand, to take out a patent, and, in the mean time, has entered a caveat iu the proper office against any surreptitious attempt% at imitation, until he completes his improvements, and enters his specifications in the Office of Patents.—Dunifries Journal. A BURMAN Roscurs.---A performer on the Ran goon boards, for the Burmese, it seems, are a very thelstrical people, being a star of the first magnitude, was, in due timt, transferred, as it customary in these cases, to the Theatre Royal of Amerapura. A still more brilliant success attended his metro politan than his provincial career, and from being a popular fa vourite on the stage, he became the friend and companion of the Golden Feet. He was admitted to the Court, and took his seat amongst the Woondock and .Woonghees of the most exalted rank. This actor had always been the inveterate enemy of the English, anti he repeatedly endeavoured, indirectly, to Instigate the Ma jesty of Ava to put his European prisoners to death. The King, however, who is naturally of a humane .disposition, not only re fused to listen to such an insinuations, but expressed his displea sure at their' repetition, - The Actor did not venture to urge the treasure immediately to the King, but on one occasion, whilst sit ting in Court, he asked his neighbour, a Ministei of State, loud enough for the King to overhear, what had become of the treach emus Europeans. The other replied, that, through his Majesty's clemency, they were all alive. The actor received this infor mnatiou with affected sarprise, and in something like Her cules's vein, observed, that if he were King, he would have them demolished without delay. The King, who had heard the con verution, looked his displeasure at the presumption of the sot Of Thespis and rose and retired from Court. The Actor reed his fate - in his master's countenance, and thought it prudent to retire also. A few days after this, be made his appearance again before the King, and by the h milky of his entreaties, obtained forgiveness, on condition of joining-a hotly f °- troops, then about to take the field. Ile accompanied them on their ape dition, but, on the first occasion of exposure, found that the field of battle was not his proper sphere, and, in_his hurry to r e treat, fell upon some stakes, by which he was lamed, and unable for some time to move. On his recovery, he ventured to return to Avaould ou his way back found a native in confinement wb 6 ha d a beautiful daughter. Her charms inspired th e it e rn4u.Ro ,6 " to assume aothority to liberate the father, and carrying. his pri ze with him, the only result of his campaign, he reached the capital. 'Here, apprehending that the last transaction would be known, and involve hiM in further disgrace, he deserted his partner, but Ida inhumanity was unavailing —his conduct was known at court, 'andseaiin he c w a •a r s .oe thi r ; A vn no. ,11 order of th e Ki ng , into close confinement. THE THEATRES-PANTOMIMES. DRURY-LANE. Perhaps throughout the wide range of human enjoymen4 than is no gratification more purely delightful than the eight of, a crowded English audience on the first night of a Grand Christmases Pantomime. Time buoyant feeling of expectation—the frequent reference to the play-bill,(on this occasion more than usually dif fuse, eloquent, and self-laudatory) the music of the orchestra— loud of course, and therefore satisfactory —the third ringing of the prompter's bell—the stirring moment that intervenes between it and the rise of the curtain--and, above all, the anxious groupers of hundreds of holiday folks, whose laughing innocent little feces, stretched forward to the utmost extent that Pit, Box, and Gallery will allow—these, we rep ea t, are s i g h ts us truly gratifying to all whose hearts beat with a generous love of their kindred (we ex cept, of course, your thorough-bred political economists) as any that this much-calumniated world can afford. For our own parts, we have for years invariably attended the first nights of a pantomime, and however philosophers may sneer —have drawn from it this useful reflection—that nothing is beneath co/maiden tion which promotes (no matter by what means, provided they be innocent) the happiness of man, woman, or child. But this is begging the question; your Christmas pantomime steads on higher vantage ground than being the mere instrument of pleasure —it is a fine moral instructor—a splendid hondly ;we see in it how those susceptible - lavers, Harlequin :ad Columbine. aftec ,:having been buffeted about the world by those wicked neeromen ,era, the Clown and Pantaloon, are at last rewarded for their constancy by marriage : thus exemplifying the highly beneficial mural, that, " virtue is it's own reward." Can philosophy, we ask, go higher ? No—methinlis we beer that chubby, round faced little girl seated just two boxes Mimi, reply. lu that c e de then, my young friend, a pantomime is true philosophy, and its .„ characters, he, she, or epicene, the best of all possible philosophers, with which very original observation, we proceed to our task of analysis. And first of Drury-Lane, whose annual scene of en chantment, is entitled '‘"fhe Man in the Moon ; or Harlequin Dogstar." It opens with a sketch of the coast of Greenland, in which the chief characters are, a Dutch Skipper, and Spevultun Von Dangerfelt, the Director of a Joint Stock Travelling Company, who after a so:table invitation, " drops. in" to a friendly cup of tea with tlqn Man in the Moon. All lunatics, however, are inva riably capricious, and the King of Night (why is hie sex changed ?) in eensequence of his guest having presumed to fall ims love with his daugliter, Lunaria, (Miss Barnett, the Columbine) metamorphoses him T. Blanchard) into Pantaloon, and the rest of the Moore ites„ consiating of the Dogstar, and the two Privy Councellors of hie cree4nted Majesty, the first into Harlequin, and the two lees into Clowns. The scene then shifts to earth, of which we have a very striking view, executed (to borrow an Old Bailey places) in Staufield's best manner. The Battle of Waterloo, rusiglead's Glory as it is well termed, deserves equal praise; so also doers the sketch of Vauxhall on a Gala Night, which must have occasioned the menagers enormous expence. In this spirited representation we melt not forget the passing satirical allusions to those male prudes, the Surrey Magistrates, who, it will be remembered, propommad a few months since, in full Divau ut Guildford, that the Garderie should close at eleven o'clock; and that no one should dsuee after supper without a certificate that he or she was daly qualified fur the exhibition, by previous utsimpeachable and incor ruptible immorality. Time Young Lady's finishing Seminary is soother equally pungent bit of small sarcasm : it is of course represented as being e amm respectable as such Semin ar ie s are a p t to b e; w i t h t hi s slight exception, that all the fair pupils contrive to elope our night, and Mrs. Starch, the mistress, as well—the latter, of voureem to look after them. The piece concludes with a representation of the " Mansion of Mirth "—a splendid, judicious, and crowded finale. COVENT GARDEN. Every +tine has either read or heard of the fatuous " Itiquet with the Tutt,? who, in flat contradiction of the old adage, " iota,/ earva in, corpore curare was a good natured inothirtive little Prince, us generous as lie was deformed. Should any one, how ever, be upfortunate enough to be ignorant of this amusing little fairy tale,let him forthwith proceed to Covent-Garden, where he will find it made the subject of a most splendid and sucteeuful pantorunne. The scenery, indeed, of this piece, though through out surpassingly magnificent, is not its soli recommendation; the tricks keep it in admirable countenance, in proof of which we may instance the very clever one, entitled, " Bubbles," which ridicules the late rage for, and subsequent &monition of, Joint Stock speculations. The Sun Eating House is au enomplary comment on a but dinner, and the Moon and Milky Way Company so pha lli* promising as to deserve, Mr. John Wilke for its director.— The view of the grand triumphal arch, now erecting at Hyde- Park corner, happily illustrates an architectural object which, we suppose, will some time or other be finislied—probablyael Grams calendar. Bat the heat and most prominent seen* of all, was that, us at D tar y,,l an , o f Vauxhall on a gala night ; here we bad, not merely tightrope-dancing , end en ascent a a Sagui, but an exact representation of Mr. Green's balloon which, after traveler ing the theatre, descended in a moonlight view of Itichumnet bridge. Mporig the chief characters Mr. Eller (Harlequitr) it entitled to considerable praise ; and, indeed, scents es likely to make us much by his heels, as many others by their beetle ; Hits Romer (Columbine) was elastic and gracefirl,-the very spirit of mercurial übiquity ; and Mr. J. Grimaldi, (Clown), as foolish as an orthodox clown should be. The House was crowded iu every pert. ADELPIII THEATRIL Mere, too, we have a Man in the Moon pantomime, founded on the humorous old legend--(which Blackwood has *a ably vet , ;titled, and Mi. Praiser rendered so acceptable in his aids pivots' prose)-of Daniel O'Rourke, who having one night taken rue much of the ;crater, was benighted in a haunted Irish' bog,- and from thence by a natural process transported to the won:: where in it second tit of intoxication he challenged the Kitty/44411"w to fight : aad'was by hie orders kicked back to.earth, as an awful warning to ad young men whb are in the habit Of wterrtiOtig ton freely at the shrine of Bacchus. This, therefore, we tetra to be a first rate moral pantomime, fraught with the purest philoeophy, and assuch to be universally recommended to the rising generation. Its scenes—and we can give them no higher praise--.era fully equal to its morale—particularly the ones illustrative of the Old and New London Bridge; the Vale of Glendalough, and the Mound at Knockfergue. The tricks, too, arc more adroit and novel than usual; one of which (awl we think the heat) namely, the appearance of Pantaloon in pit, box ) and gallery, in rapid succession, anti with a quickness beyond calculation, afforded the most outrageous satisfaction. Paulo was the Clown, and Miss Daly the Columbine,' of the evening ; and when we have stated thus much, we have stated we think all that is met likely to en , sure success to a Pantomime. COBURG. of thos e unjustly termed This little Theatre, one of the best Minor—puts forth strong claims to approbation, in its splendid Spectacle of 4, Xlie Golden Days of Good Qusea Bess," which tar scenery, decor4ion, and writing, is fully equal to any thing type yet repneented:at _minor tlitee of entertainment. This, however, is not its sole ceciimineuthition, for 'the Mielo-drannt is , followed bill showy Pantomime, entitled " Cinderella, or the Little Ohm Slipper," which has the rare good fortune to combine pretty actresses with first-rate dancing. In the first piece, we should not omit to notice the introduction of a moving Panorama, and mechanical representation of the destruction of the Spanish Armada, which displayed a very unusual degree of pictorial ex cellence. Among the actors Mr. Davidge_the spirited and liberal lessee—distinguished himself by his manly and discrimi nating performance of Jeremiah Bowater..-..a true English sailor. The rest of the , characters were, with t hif ereut degree* of excel lence, well supported; and both pieces were given Out fur rept titiou, to the satisfaction of a crowded house. . SURREY AND OLYMPIC THEA'FIiES. 'loth amulitv;little laves of entertsdomos) . thuuth f " ja " i " to the Adelphi or the Coburg, in the style lul tharewtsc of foriMuitys. Thi.l , deserve, however, it visit, And 81 6"''l' we rtetuu mend them to the notim of nnr numerous holiday play-giwiirs. TUE RING. Peter Crawler took hie benefit yesterday al the Tomtit Court, anti wee we ll supported, The aseetublage of nobe was Vary uu elieroels, mend the sports proved to be highly gratifying. Among the sate-to were those of Latham and the Biscuit Baker, White headed Hob enetWynnes, Young Dutch Sam and Raines, Han and A bb o tt, Scroggins and Wallace, Jam Bums and Cannon, Alice Raid and the Sailor-boy, and as a Anis)), Toni Beltiier men d Harty Harmer. Crawley returned his grateful thanks fur the generous patronage which he had received ; but, at , the desire' of his friettils, did not eet-to. He will return to trainlig this day. • ittnuNsoN AND YOUNG GAI.--After au admir able convivial dinner at the Borne Tavern, Clutter-lane, yestti day, the final deposit for the fight between these male was made good, and some heavy betting took place. CANNON AND Bowan') O i Nteat,.---Last night, the Arta depu sit of 501. (26/. a-side), was deposited in the hands Of the Stake holder, for the fight between Cannon and ()'Ne al, fur 100/, to come oft the Sloth of February next.---;Cannon is at present the favourite.